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HOG FEEDER. APPLICATION men-saw. a, 1919.

Reissued F'eb. 14 "1922.

or?! cs EDWARD A. KLUMIP, OF BASIL, OHIO.

HOG FEEDER.

Specification of Reissued Letters Patent.

Reissued Feb. 1 1, 1922.

Original No. 1,303,917, dated May 20, 1919, Serial No. 229,224., filedApril 18, 1918. Application for reissue filed September 6.

To all til/L077? it may concern:

Be it known that I, Enwnnn A. citizen of the United States, residing atBasil, in the county of Fairfield and State of Ohio, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Hog Feeders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention while relating generally to feeders for hogs has for itsspecial object to provide an improved construction whereby the feed inthe hopper is kept from clogging and the feed in the trough is kept fromfouling and from being wasted.

The invention is embodied in the example herein particularly shown anddescribed, the features of novelty being finally claimed.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a transverse vertical sectionon the line II Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line II-II Fig. l with some parts infull.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line III-III Fig. 2 looking down.

In the views 5 designates the inclined walls of the hopper, and 6 thevertical walls between which the inclined walls are secured. 7 is acover for the hopper, said cover being hinged at 8 so that feed can besupplied to the hop er and the same protected from rain. bmewhat belowthe outlet of the hop er and supported between the vertical wall; 6 is afloor 9. Secured between the vertical walls 6 on the floor 9 beyond theopposite sides of the discharge of the hopper are rails 10 which form atrough to confine the feed to the floor and prevent its loss byscattering. In the corners of the trough between the rails 10 and thefloor I secure a strip 10*, triangular in cross section with the beveledside out so as to form sloping sides. Hingedly hung from rods extendingbetween the opposite vertical walls 6 above the rails 10 are doors whichthe hogs must push inward before access to the feed in the trough can begained. The ho naturally tries to get into a trough with 0th feet. Theslop ng sides, however, make an insecure footing and when employed inconnection with the doors, as shown, putting the feet into the trough isrendered impracticable because he cannot get both his feet and his headin at the same time. The hog soon learns that he can gain nothing byattempting to put h1s KLUMP, a

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feet into the trough. Another advantage arising from the construction isthat the corners do not become clogged with feed inaccessible to the hogand the trough is kept in a sanitary condition without the necessity offrequent cleaning by the owner.

Secured between the upper ends of the vertical walls 6 is a beam 12inwhich the agitator or agitators are secured. The agitator comprises abar or piece of pipe 13 pierced to receive a series of horizontal crosspieces 14 extending in succession at right angles to each other. Thelower end of the bar 13 has secured to it a stout cross piece 15 whilethe upper end is provided with a chain 16 and bolt 17. The applicationof a nut 18 to the threaded end of the bolt provides the means foradjustably suspending the agitator to the beam 12, the bolt being passedthrough a hole in the beam. The parts comprising the agitator are ofsuch combined length that the stout cross piece 15 at the lower endthereof lies below the discharge end of the hopper when the agitator isproperly suspended. The hog in feeding moves the stout piece with hissnout and this of course swings and rotates or lifts the bar 13 and itscross pieces more or less thereby agitating the contents of the hopperand causing the feed to discharge with proper freedom. To prevent theagitator from being undul swung I provide an elongated link 19 for eachbar 13, the links being connected by a hook member 20 and supported inhorizontal position by means of hook bolts 21 secured y nuts in thevertical walls 6. These links, of course, limit the oscillation of thebars 13 and also prevent the agitators-where there is more than one-frominterfering with. each other.

The forms and proportions of the parts can be changed without departingfrom the gist of the invention as claimed.

What I claim is: v

1. In a hog feeder, the combination with a trough and a hopper having adischarge, a feed agitating device consisting of a rlgid structureextending upward into the hopper and including a bar provided with crossbars, one of said cross bars being below the discharge of the hopper,and links directly suspending said rigid structure by 1ts upper end froma fixed point in said hopper whereby the rigid structure may he movedvertically and laterally.

2. In a hog feeder, the combination with a hopper having a discharge, afeed agitat- 5 ing device rigid upright structure having lateralextensions aifixed thereto, one of which is below in said hopperconsisting of athe discharge of the hopper, and flexible means connecteddirectly to rigid means for suspending said agitating device permitting10 universal motion including an up and down motion of the upper endthereof.

EDWARD A. KLUMP.

